Notas del episodio
On the outskirts of Ararat, two imposing sandstone buildings still stand as relics of Australia’s mental health past.
Aradale Lunatic Asylum, formerly known locally as mad mans hill — was once the largest psychiatric hospital in Victoria.
Just down the road, J Ward confined the state’s most violent and “criminally insane.”
Behind their thick stone walls, treatments blurred with punishment, and the line between care and cruelty disappeared.
Sources:
Book your visit — Aradale, Lunatic Asylum
Books: The J Ward Story – Graeme Burgin
Aradale, The Making of a Haunted Asylum – David Waldron, Sharn Waldron and Nathaniel Buchanan
Yarra Bend (Asylum 1848-1905; Hospital for the Insane 1905-1925)
vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/search/nattrust_result_detail/67299
Public Record Office Victoria Collection | PROV VPRS 7446/P0001, Ararat Asylum
Public Record Office Victoria Collection | PROV VA 2841
Lunacy Act, 1903, No. 1873 - Legislation - Australian Psychiatric Care
Aradale Lunatic Asylum History
Dr Eric Cunningham Dax | Mont Park to Springthorpe report.pdf
LLIFS - The story of Mr Bill Wallace - J Ward's oldest inmate | llifs.com.au
Aradale: A Historical Overview 1867-1994 | Making History
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